Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally, is supporting many of the same terror groups the United States claims to be fighting in its so-called “war on terror.” By Mnar Muhawesh Mint Press News September 23, 2015 U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, meets with Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, right, at Al-Salam More
Greenwald: But what I ... don’t want is for non-Muslims to rest in their privileged nest, satisfied that the term and its accompanying abuses is only for that marginalized group. And what I especially don’t want is to have this glaring, damaging mythology persist that the term “terrorism” is some sort of objectively discernible, consistently applied designation of a particularly hideous kind of violence.
Featuring videos of two talks by Sami Rasouli, Iraqi-American and former Minneapolis restaurant owner, who is back in Minnesota for a visit, bringing information about the situation in Iraq and information on Islamophobia, what it is, what it means in the current world situation.
From the article: “If Islam is portrayed as a mortal enemy to Western civilization and values it is because it poses a formidable obstacle to imperialistic hegemonic interests. Democracy, freedom of expression, and secularism are merely masks worn by the one-percenters (1%), the global elite that seeks to enslave all of humanity as it simultaneously destroys the planet in its greed for resources, wealth, and absolute power.
Hedges: If you spend time as I have in Gaza, Iraq, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt and Sudan, as well as the depressing, segregated housing projects known as banlieues that ring French cities such as Paris and Lyon, warehousing impoverished North African immigrants, you begin to understand the brothers Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi, who were killed Friday in a gun battle with French police. There is little employment in these pockets of squalor. Racism is overt. Despair is rampant...
I’m not French, but one doesn’t need to be in order to see how deeply racism runs throughout French, and Western, societies.
[youtube=http://youtu.be/hhe8uafs5IE] Published on May 1, 2013 Fox News throws out the constitution when it comes to Muslims. See and hear the Islamophobic bigots make fools of themselves on TV. aMuslim [youtube=http://youtu.be/SxX6pYrvGy4] Uploaded on Oct 11, 2008 BACKLASH BLUES (Langston Hughes / Nina Simone) Nina Simone Mr. backlash, mr. backlash Just who do think I am You raise More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/hhe8uafs5IE] Published on May 1, 2013 Fox News throws out the constitution when it comes to Muslims. See and hear the Islamophobic bigots make fools of themselves on TV. aMuslim [youtube=http://youtu.be/SxX6pYrvGy4] Uploaded on Oct 11, 2008 BACKLASH BLUES (Langston Hughes / Nina Simone) Nina Simone Mr. backlash, mr. backlash Just who do think I am You raise More
Obama, the US and the Muslim world: the animosity deepens Another new poll, this one of Pakistan, shows: a central promise of Obama for improving US security is an utter failure Glenn Greenwald Friday 15 February 2013 guardian.co.uk Pakistani protesters burn a representation of an American flag during a rally to condemn US drone attacks in More
Obama, the US and the Muslim world: the animosity deepens Another new poll, this one of Pakistan, shows: a central promise of Obama for improving US security is an utter failure Glenn Greenwald Friday 15 February 2013 guardian.co.uk Pakistani protesters burn a representation of an American flag during a rally to condemn US drone attacks in More
Iran> The Threat is Very Real By Margaret Sarfehjooy February 4, 2012 We are in very dangerous times, and we have to do everything we can to prevent another war—this time against Iran. Almost every day we hear about new sanctions, new threats, new promises that “all options are on the table.” It seems like the More
Terror in Norway: a political analysis BY ED FELIEN Southside Pride August 2, 2011 On Friday, July 25, Anders Breivik, a right-wing Christian fundamentalist who hated Muslims, set off a bomb in downtown Oslo destroying a building that contained the office of Jens Stoltenberg, the Labor Party prime minister, killing 8 people. He then More
